Arboretum Waterway

Image of Western pond turtles sunning themselves on a concrete pipe in the UC Davis Arboretum waterway.

Floating nets support turtle conservation research

  • by Katie Hetrick
  • Fri, June 10, 2022
Hoop net traps are being placed on an intermittent basis to harmlessly sample turtles throughout the Arboretum Waterway and Putah Creek over the next few months. It's all part of active turtle research study to understand how our native turtle populations are affected by non-native turtle species in addition, scientists hope to learn how we to best support native species recovery and conservation.

Student Leaders: Noreen Mabini

  • by Sydney Odman
  • Tue, May 19, 2020

Thanks to her experiences working at the Arboretum and Public Garden, Noreen Mabini is well on her way to achieving her career aspirations of becoming a restoration specialist. As a co-coordinator for the Learning by Leading Waterway Stewardship team, the third-year UC Davis student oversees 10 undergraduate interns whose work includes renewing, maintaining, and restoring the Arboretum Waterway. 

Peter Moyle, associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, poses with a common carp.

Common carp could be cause of common problem in Arboretum Waterway

  • Fri, February 21, 2020
Carp Research in the Arboretum Waterway

Undergraduate researcher Kim Luke with the Center for Watershed Sciences is working with the Arboretum and Public Garden to conduct an experiment about how different fishes in the Arboretum Waterway may influence water quality. She is particularly interested in how one kind of fish, common carp, influence algal blooms.

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